3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (351+ words) A Swedish Migration Court has ruled that the Migration Agency was right to reject citizenship for an applicant who failed to meet the new eight-year residency requirement, despite him qualifying under the requirements in place when he applied. In its…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (565+ words) Swedish Migration Minister Johan Forssell is considering a second chance for deported Brexit Brits – three years after The Local brought the issue to the government's attention. Forssell told public radio broadcaster Sveriges Radio that the government is considering following Denmark's…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (472+ words) SVT's televised immigration debate showed being tough on immigration isn't a straightforward vote-winner any longer. But by focusing almost entirely on refugees, the debate managed to ignore the people who actually migrate to Sweden in the 2020s, writes The Local's James…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1392+ words) The Social Democrats want to launch a fast-track investigation into residency for people who have lived in the country for a long time in a bid to solve teen deportation and Brexit cases, the party's migration spokesperson has told The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (669+ words) Internal government emails obtained by The Local show the European Commission pressuring Sweden over treatment of vulnerable British citizens, following media reports of deportation orders given to a 78-year-old woman and a man with Alzheimer’s. A department secretary at the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1085+ words) Many, perhaps most, of the 100,000 people in the queue when the new citizenship law came into force on June 6th will not meet the new requirements, meaning there's likely to be a wave of rejections. Here's what to do if your…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (544+ words) Sweden's migration minister has defended the country's unusually high refusal rate for post-Brexit residency in response to a parliamentary question asking what action he will take to stop high profile deportations of elderly British citizens. In his written answer, Migration…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1183+ words) It took until April 2025 – more than five years after the UK left the EU – for Gavin Watkins to realise he should have applied for post-Brexit residency. He has since lost his job, unemployment insurance and risks deportation. Since January 2022, when…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (532+ words) Green Party immigration spokesperson Annika Hirvonen has called for Sweden to reinstate the humanitarian safety clause abolished in 2023, arguing that this would prevent the deportation of elderly British citizens like Horace 'George' Mason and Joyce Thomas. "It's just not right…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (850+ words) Sweden has told British citizens who have lived here for decades to leave after Brexit. The Migration Agency says it has simply followed the rules. "Brexit can hardly have come as a surprise," its spokesperson tells The Local. The Withdrawal…...